Record-retainer for liquid-packages



No. 750,390. PATENTED JAN. 26, 1904;

- T. PENDERGAST.

RECORD RETAINER FUR LIQUID PACKAGES.

APPLICATION FILED 1'23. s, 1903.

no MODEL.

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UNITED STATES Patented January 26, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

FIFTY-ONE ONE-HUNDREDTHS TO JOHN HERTZLER, OF LANCASTER,

PENNSYLVANIA.

RECORD-RETAINER FOR LlQUlD-PACKAGES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 750,390, dated January26, 1904.

Application filed February 3, 1903. Serial No. 141,752. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS PENDERGAST, a citizen of the United States,residing at Lancaster, in the county of Lancaster and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inRecord-Retainers for Liquid-Packages; and 1 do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same. I

This invention relates to record-retainers or label-holders forbeer-kegs and other liquidpackages.

In packaging beverages suitable labels or records are usually applied tothe casks or packages to designate the contents, whether beer, ale, orporter, for instance, or the particular kind or quality of beverages,and these labels are often injured or efi'aced in trans'portation andstorage; wherefore, in order bet- ,ter to protect them and retain themin place, it is desirable to sink the labels in suitable cavities in theheads or other parts of the kegs vide a simple and inexpensive label orrecord retainer which may be readily sunk into and permanently fitted inthe cavity therefor in the liquid-package. This is attained by meanssubstantially as illustrated in the accompanying drawings, which form apart of this specification, and in which- Figure 1 is a perspective viewof my improved retainer. Fig. 2 is a vertical section showing the deviceabout to be sunk into the cavity therefor in the cask by means of asuitable die or tool, which is shown in elevation; and Fig. 3 is avertical section showing the device fitted in its cavity.

The letter A in said drawings designates a fragment of the head of abeer-keg which has a circular cavity in its top or outer side to receivea record-label B, which indicates the contents of the keg.

My improved label-retainer consists of a ring C, having, preferably, anupper outward flange c, said ring slightly slanting inward or convergingtoward its lower end and having a sharp lower outturned edge 0'.

The letter D denotes a suitable die for in-,

serting the ring in its cavity. Said die consists of a wooden blockhaving an upper iron band and having a lower steel head with a reducedend of substantially or nearly the same diameter as the cavity in thecask. Said lower end of the die fits tightly within the upper end of thering, which latter may therefore be picked up by the die and insertedinto the cavity in the manner shown in Fig. 2. After the ring isinserted in the cavity the die may be struck by a hammer or mallet,whereupon the lower end of the die is forced down into the ring,expanding the latter and forcing the sharp lower edge a into the sidesof the cavity. It is desirable also to have the flange c sunk flu shwith the outer surface of the cask, as shown in Fig. 2. The label isthen forced down into the ring, the lower outwardlycurved end of whichnow constitutes a shoulder to retain the label in place. It is usuallydesirable to have a disk E, of mica or other suitable transparentmaterial, placed over the label to protect the same, said disk beingretained in place in the same manner as the label.

The invention is also applicable to other uses than that particularlyreferred to herein.

If desired, the cavity may be slightly deeper then the ring to providean annular recess below the-flange or edge of the latter for the label,so that when thelabel is forced through the ring it will expand intosaid recess, and thus be secured in place.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is

1. A label or record retainer for liquid and other packages consistingof a metal ring converging toward one end which has an out turned sharpedge, said ring being adapted to be sunk into a cavity therefor in thepackage and to be expanded therein and have its lower sharp edgeembedded in the sides of the cavity.

2. A label or record retainer of the character described consisting ofan expansible ring converging toward one end, the edge of which isturned outward, the ring being adapted to be fitted and secured in acavity therefor in a package by expanding it into straight form.

3. A label or record retainer of the character described consisting of ametal ring adapted to be fitted within a cavity therefor in a package,and having a lower sharp projection adapted to be forced into the sidesof the cavity,

in the walls of said cavity, thus securing the ring in place, said loweroutturned end also forming a shoulder beneath which a label may be held.

6. A label or record retainer of the charac ter described consisting, ofa ring constructed for insertion in a correspondingly-shaped recess in'acask or other receptacle and having an expansible end with anoutwardly-turned edge for embedding in the sides of the recess,

whereby the ring is secured in place and a 3 shoulder is provided forretaining the label inserted in the ring.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

THOMAS PENDERGAST.

Witnesses:

()seoon H. DOWELL, M. E. GooDRIcK.

